A fight that was expected to deliver fireworks instead turned out to be a rather lackluster affair, as Bellator middleweight champ Rafael Carvalho retained his belt with a split-decision win over Melvin Manhoef.

Bellator is back at it on Friday, delivering Bellator 155, a card that features one title fight and some additional bouts that could produce title contenders in the near future. Here are some reasons to tune in.

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMAjunkie takes a look at the best fights from April. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMAjunkie’s “Fight of the Month” for April.